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Enrollment
378
Elementary
DISTRICT 498 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EL PASO COUNTY COLORADO SCHOOL DISTRICT 49·NCES 080387002035
Odyssey Elementary School
6275 BRIDLESPUR AVE, COLORADO SPRINGS, CO 80922 · (719) 494-8622 · El Paso County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL378 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 56% of Colorado public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Colorado public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.0:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
62%
235 students
DISTRICT 37% · STATE 50%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 20 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 52 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 61 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 55 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 58 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 56 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 76 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (52) is 32% smaller than its 5th grade class (76).
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
38.0%
CO avg 44.9% . -2.9pp since 2023
Math
32.2%
CO avg 36.1% . +3.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 38.0% | 32.2% |
| 2023-24 | 40.9% | 28.6% |
% Met or Exceeded Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CMAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
34.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
29.0%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 29% typical for Colorado schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Colorado's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Odyssey Elementary School
Odyssey Elementary School's state test result (34.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Odyssey Elementary School this school | 378 | 62.2% | 34.7% |
| Grant Elementary School COLORADO SPRINGS | 350 | 65.7% | 30.5% |
| Evans Elementary School COLORADO SPRINGS | 487 | 61.0% | 34.6% |
| Keller Elementary School COLORADO SPRINGS | 326 | 66.3% | 28.5% |
| Henry Elementary School COLORADO SPRINGS | 306 | 65.4% | 31.5% |
| Pinello Elementary School COLORADO SPRINGS | 301 | 59.5% | 29.7% |
Matched among Colorado elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Odyssey Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In El Paso County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.7% | #508 of 931 | #76 of 128 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.2% | #514 of 940 ▲ 20 | #72 of 126 ▲ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #531 of 946 ▼ 44 | #78 of 127 ▼ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 378 | #483 of 1,056 | #55 of 137 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.2:1 | #259 of 896 | #49 of 122 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.3% | #54 of 896 | #11 of 122 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 62.2% | #349 of 983 | #42 of 134 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.8% | #265 of 664 | #51 of 100 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
378
-22 (-5%) vs 2020
-31% since 2010-11, when it was 544
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
was 16.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 378 | 26.6 | 14.2:1 | 62% (235) |
| 2023-24 | 416 | 25.8 | 16.1:1 | 58% (240) |
| 2022-23 | 406 | 23.2 | 17.5:1 | 48% (196) |
| 2020-21 | 400 | 25 | 16.0:1 | 45% (181) |
| 2017-18 | 477 | 30.1 | 15.9:1 | 43% (205) |
| 2015-16 | 550 | 39 | 14.1:1 | 44% (241) |
| 2010-11 | 544 | 31 | 17.6:1 | 40% (216) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Odyssey Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (477 to 378); teachers down 12% (30.1 to 26.6).
About Odyssey Elementary School
Odyssey Elementary School is one of the public schools in COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado. It is a mid-sized elementary school. The school serves pre-K through 5. Enrollment is 378 students.
Odyssey Elementary School is one school in El Paso County Colorado School District 49, a system of 31 schools with 25,689 students.
The largest racial or ethnic group at Odyssey Elementary School is White, with 40% of students. The next largest groups are 34% Hispanic, 17% multiracial, and 8% Black. The school's White share is 31 points below the 70% share among El Paso County residents. The diversity index for Odyssey Elementary School is 69%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Odyssey Elementary School reported 26.6 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 14.2:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Colorado is 16.6:1. There are 235 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 62% of enrollment. The gap from the 42% average for public schools in El Paso County is 20 points.
Among Colorado public elementary schools, Odyssey Elementary School outscored 56%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
Schools in Colorado with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 29.0%. Odyssey Elementary School scores 34.7%.
In El Paso County, home to about 742,999 people, median household income comes to about $90,363, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 42%, and about 6% of people live in poverty. El Paso County's 245 public schools enroll about 114,356 students and include Odyssey Elementary School.
Odyssey Elementary School is less than a tenth of a mile from ALLIES, its nearest public school. Odyssey Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Odyssey Elementary School's average proficiency of 34.7% compares with 41.4% for its nearest scored neighbors.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Large, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 5% decline, from 400 to 378. The ratio of students to teachers went from 16.0:1 to 14.2:1 over the same years.
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El Paso County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
742,999
Census ACS
Median income
$90,363
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
245
114,356 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in El Paso County Colorado School District 49
- GOAL AcademyHigh · 6,693 students
- Banning Lewis Ranch AcademyCombined · 1,697 students
- Vista Ridge High SchoolHigh · 1,473 students
- Sand Creek High SchoolHigh · 1,426 students
- Falcon High SchoolHigh · 1,172 students
- Rocky Mountain Classical AcademyElementary · 1,162 students
Other schools in COLORADO SPRINGS
- The Classical Academy CharterElementary · 1,909 students
- Pine Creek High SchoolHigh · 1,875 students
- Doherty High SchoolHigh · 1,715 students
- Banning Lewis Ranch AcademyCombined · 1,697 students
- Liberty High SchoolHigh · 1,526 students
- Vista Ridge High SchoolHigh · 1,473 students
Other Odyssey Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Odyssey Elementary. Odyssey Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- Odyssey ElementaryEverett, WA · 526 students
- Odyssey ElementaryWeston, WI · 64 students
Nearby schools
- ALLIES0.0 mi · 124
- Stetson Elementary School0.6 mi · 531
- Skyview Middle School1.0 mi · 862
- Springs Ranch Elementary School1.1 mi · 548
- Rudy Elementary School1.3 mi · 385
- Ridgeview Elementary School1.3 mi · 626
Frequently asked questions
About Odyssey Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Odyssey Elementary School?
Odyssey Elementary School enrolls approximately 378 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Odyssey Elementary School serve?
Odyssey Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Odyssey Elementary School?
Approximately 14.2:1 students per teacher at Odyssey Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Odyssey Elementary School?
At Odyssey Elementary School, the student body is approximately 40% White, 34% Hispanic, 8% Black, 1% Asian, 17% Two or more.
Is Odyssey Elementary School public or private?
Odyssey Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by El Paso County Colorado School District 49.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.